Author Garry and wife Nancy G. M. Matheny was a navy diver on the nuclear submarine USS Halibut SSGN-587 and received the Legion of Merit for a special operation. He is a graduate of Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College, 1979. He and his wife, Nancy, and their six children, arrived in Romania in 1991, where they serve as missionaries.He authored the book Great Stones, Jeremiah 43:9–10. Read this book for free at https://www.truechristianshortstoriesfreebygmmatheny.com/the-quest-for-the-great-stones-of-the-prophet-jeremiah.html Also their web site True Christian Short Stories.http://www.truechristianshortstoriesfreebygmmatheny.com/Plus The Layman's Biblical Handbookhttp://www.thelaymansbiblicalhandbook.com

(Our newest book February 3, 2018) GOD & SPIES RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED TOP SECRET OPERATION I was a US Navy saturation diver on the nuclear submarine USS Halibut. Involved in "Operation Ivy Bells". America’s most important (and most dangerous of the Cold War) clandestine operations. If you like good old fashioned American bravado, espionage and American history, you will enjoy this book. Based on True Events -The Mount Everest of Spy Missions Firsthand Account of History's Greatest Intelligence Coup. Operation Ivy Bells was not a onetime intercept offoreign intelligence but an ongoing operation of multiple Soviet military channels, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, which lasted for years! Another reason for the high interest in our operation was the audacious nature in which it was done—with not one person risking his neck but a whole crew of a nuclear submarine.How did I end up as a navy diver, four hundred feet down in a frigid Russian sea? After making my dad totally disgusted with me, I set out to make him happy. “Honour thy father” - I struggled with a decision to serve God. “Lord, I will give my life to you and serve you if you let me make this dive.” But I had the impression He only wanted to know one thing: “What if I do not let you? Will you serve me anyway?” Paperback248 pages, $13.75https://www.amazon.com/GOD-SPIES-RECENTLY-DECLASSIFIED-OPERATION/dp/1977079342/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr Kindle $7.75https://www.amazon.com/GOD-SPIES-RECENTLY-DECLASSIFIED-OPERATION-ebook/dp/B079K4BNMX/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=